Pandemic Preparedness for Nursing Informaticians: Lessons Learned From COVID-19 Response

In this presentation, a panel of expert nursing informaticians will explain major impacts of the pandemic on the health and nursing informatics field and discuss lessons learned from their responses to the pandemic, such as incident command centers, policies and procedures, training, health IT system changes, health and data analytics, and patient engagement. The panel will also discuss future directions to prepare for other pandemics.

Credit Hours:
1.0 contact hour/1.0 continuing education hour

Accreditation Statement
This educational activity is jointly provided by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. (AJJ) and the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA).

Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 5387.

Disclosures
The speaker and planning committee members reported no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this continuing nursing education activity.

Learning Outcome
At the conclusion of this activity, the learner will be able to identify at least three specific nursing informatics strategies to prepare for future pandemics.